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ERNEST ARTHUR BAXTEB, OF ST. PAULS, ONTARIO, CANADA.

HEN S NEST.

Application filed September a, 1922. Serial no. 587,128.

To all whom a may concern.

Be it known that 1, Banner ARTHUR BAXTER, a subject of the King of Great .Britain, and a resident of the village of St. Pauls, in the county of Perth, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hens" Nests, of which the following is the specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hens nests and the object of the invention is to devise simple means for preventing the breaking or eating of the eggs by thehen or the eggs becoming damaged and it consists essentially of the following arrangement and construction of parts as hereinafter more particularly explained. I

. Fig. l is a perspective view of my hens nest, the front portion of the casing being .removed so as to exhibitthe interior construction of the nest.

Fig. 2 is a sectional View through Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan view partially in section taken on line 33, Fig. 2, one half of the casing being removed. 1 s

Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective detail 1 of the egg transferringcups and the carrying wheel thereof.

Fig. 5 is a sectional detail of the clutch mechanism and coacting rack.

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

1 indicates a base'which is in the form of a tray provided with surrounding flanges 2. The base is preferably rectangular in form.

3 is a centre spider provided with radiating legs 4 having down-turned portions 5 terminating in feet 6 which are secured to the base 1. 7 is a stud extending upward from the spider 3. 8 and 9 are ball bearing members, the member 8 being secured to the spider 3 provided with aball race 8" in which are located balls 8. 10 is an egg receiver comprising a centre plate 11.

v 12 are arms which extend radially from the plate 11. The arms 12 are provided with up-turned ends 12 connected together by an annular member 13. 14 is an annular member located within the member 13 concentrically therewith and with the centre of the stud 7. 15 are depending loop members extending between the members 13 and 14. 16'is an annular pocket formed of suitable flexible fabric, the edges of which are provided with hooks l7 and 18 adapted to respectively hook over the annular members 13 and 1a to hold the'annular pocket 16 in a depending position.

The pocket 16 rests at intervals upon the base portion of the loop members 15 sagging therebetween so as to form cup-shaped depressions adapted to receive the eggs and hold them separately. The spider 11 is provided with a central aperture 11 through which the stud 7 freely extends.

The bearing member 9 is provided with ball race 9 opposing the ball race 8 and into which the balls 8 extend. The spider 11 is connected to the ball race 9 so as to revolve therewith.

It will thus be seen that the egg receiver 10 rotates freely around thestud 7. 19 is a tube which is carried by the stud 7 so as to extend vertically upward therefrom. 20 is a tube which is slidable vertically upon the tube 19, such tubes fitting telescopically,

one within the other.

The tube 20 is provided at its upper end with a closing plug 21. 22 is a compression spring located within the tubes 19 and 20 and extending between the upper end of the stud 7 and the lower end of the plug 21. 23 are arms which extend outward in a radial direction from the upper end of the tube 20, the intermediate portion 23* being curved upward so as to merge into a vertical portion 23.

24 is an annular member connecting the upper ends of the arms together thereby forming a cup-shaped frame construction forming anest receiver. 25 is the nest proper which is formed of'suitable fabric dished downward, its upper edges being connected by means of hooks 26 extending over the annular member 24 so as to support the nest within the nest receiver.

27 is an orifice formed in the centre of the nest at the bottom from which depends a tube 28 which is formed of comparatively stiff fabric such as reinforced canvas. 29 is a vertical rack secured to 01" forming part of the tube 20. 30 is a bracket provided with a sleeve-like portion 31 surrounding the tube 19 and secured thereto.

32- is a web extending upward from the sleeve 31 in a substantially radial position. The web 32 is provided with upper and i its outer end with an enlargement 42 pre- 7 venting'the longitudinal movement of the shaft '41 in an inward direction.

43 is afbevel gear meshing with the bevel gear 36 and carried upon theshaft 41. The gear 43 is provided with a cylindrical body 44 forming an outer clutch member in which are carried pawls 45. 46 is a ratchet. gear forming an inner clutch member located within the member 44 and with which the pawls coact. '47 is agear secured to or formed integral with the cylindrical member 44. The gear 47 and rack 29 are held in mesh sothat by'the vertical movement of the "rack the gear 47' is revolved. 48 is a wheel secured to the shaft 4-1 provided with radial arms 49 formingthe spokes of the wheel and 50 are egg receiving cups which are preferably formed of leather carried in a resilient metal frame 51.

The cups 50 are riveted or otherwise suitably secured as indicated at 52 to the arms 56 is theoutercasing of my nest. The casing 49. 53 is an egg director which is cowl-.

shaped, the tubular portion 54 thereof depending between the annular members 13 and 14s0 as to direct the eggs into the annula r egg receiving pocket 16.

The cowl-shaped director 53 is supported upon standard frame 55 which is connected to the base '1 by any suitable means.

56 isprovided at the top with an annular member 57 divided into two halvespi'ovided with upwardly extending opposing lugs 58 61 forming the sides of the handle. The upper ends of the arms 60 and Glare inturned and provided with threaded portions and 62 is an internally. threaded sleeve engaging such threaded portions so as to draw the arms 60 and 61 together as desired.

63 is an annular member located interimediately of the height of the nest-and 64 are rods secured at their upper ends to the member 57 from which they incline inward and pass through orifices 68 formed in the annular member 63 and from thence incline downwardly and outwardly being secured at their lower ends to the flange 2 of the base 1.

Sheeting formed of tin or other suitable material 56 is suitably secured to. the rods 64 so thatthe mechanism of the nest is com pletely housed therein. 69 is a strip of flexible material such as leather which is nest so that the nest receiver and the tubular member 20 are forceddownward against the pressure or the spring 22 compressing such spring.

The -rack 29, meshing with the gear 47, rotatesthe gear in the direction of arrow (see Fig. 5) carrying the pawls 45 freely around the ratchet wheel'46. The egg when laid-passes down from the nest through the tube 28 into one of the cup receiverstifl and is temporarily held within such cup.

When the hen passes off the nest and the nest receiver is relieved of the weight of the hen' the spring 22 forces the tubular member 20 upward carrying the nest receiver back to its normal position.

By this means vertical upward movement is given to the gear 29 so as to rotate'the gear 47f in the opposite direction to arrow and thereby rotate the shaft "41 in the same direction by means of the pawls145 and ratchet gear 46.

The rotation of the-shaft"41 turns the cup member 50 in which the egg is held soas to bring itjopposite the mouth of the cowl 53 to discharge the egg 'thereinto. The egg passing through the cowldrops through the tubular portion 54 into the receiver'il0.

Simultaneously with the aforesaid operation the egg receiver 10' is turned One space so that the eggs as they are dropped fall intosuccessive cup-shaped depressions in, the annular pocket'l6.

From this descriptionit will .be seen' that I I have devised a very simple device whereby and-59 upon which are swung arms 60 and the eggs immediately they'arelaid are transferred fromthe nest out of the reachof' the hen so that they cannot be destroyed either by the hen peeking at the eggs; or. byjthjeir rubbing one against the other which often fractures the shell when the eggshellsare soft or very brittle.

hat I claim asmy invention is:

1. A hens nest comprising. a vertical stud, a nest proper havinga central eggldischarge orifice, means for resilientlysupporting the nest proper upon the aforesaid stud; an annular egg receiver,. means for'rotatingthe receiver bya step by step movementby each depression. of the nestfl'uponthe .stud and means for depositingtheeggs transferred from thenest proper so as .to fall-successively into the egg recelver.

.2. A henjsnest comprising a nest proper having a discharge orifice in the bottom, a

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supporting frame for the nest proper, a tubular member dependingirom the frame, a base, a stud extending upward therefrom into the aforesaid tubular member, a compressionspring located within the tubular member so as to bear against the upper end of the stud, an annular egg receiver rotattom, a carrier member in which the nest is supported, a member depending from such carrier member, a rack formed integral with such member, a resilient support for the member, an egg receiver rotatably mounted to revolve around said support, a vertical countershaft, a geared connection between the countershaft and the egg receiver, a horizontal shaft, a gearconnection between the countershaft and the horizontal shaft, and a gear connection between the horizontal shaft and vertical nest support.

4. A hens nest comprising a nest proper having an egg discharge orifice at the bottom, a carrier member in which the nest is supported, a member depending from such carrier member, a rack formed integral with such member, a resilient support for the member, an egg receiver rotatably mounted to revolve around said support, a vertical countershaft, a geared connection between the countershaft and the egg receiver, a horizontal shaft, a geared connection between the countershaft and the horizontal shaft, a gear connection between the horizontal shaft and vertical nest support, a series of cup receivers carried by the horizontal shaft into which the eggs are successively discharged, and means for directing the eggs therefrom into the egg receiver as the horizontal shaft is turned.

ERNEST ARTHUR BAXTER. 

